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Derek bochese – Norwich ct
August 27, 2010 - 03:38
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This place is actually very haunted . So many people died there and i used to work there . It would still be in operation if it wasnt for john rowland . Now the patients just walk and live on our streets in norwich and some still live in those buildings cause thats all they know as home. I realy feel sry for these people . They should clean it up and u it as a tourest attraction for people interested . But any questions i can help u with feel free to email me at dbocese@gmail.com

berberech0 – Republic of Patraix
August 17, 2010 - 01:36
awesome!!!

I've just finished watching and reading your entire website and enjoyed all your posts, even the one star rated. Thank you!!!

Welsh John – Swansea
August 16, 2010 - 14:41
Flag mix up

Hi

Just to say that it's rather offensive to me that you use the English St.George flag to highlight the UK. As i'm sure you're aware, 4 countries make up the UK, and the combined flag is the Union Jack. Personally I think it would look better with the Welsh dragon in the middle, but that's another debate!

Other than that, love the photography

John

Lorenzo Harrison – Cypress Texas
August 08, 2010 - 08:05
Staying in touch

I was born and raised in Gary. Attended Froebel High School 1951 Grad. I have fond memories of Gary and still have relatives living in Gary. It was a beautiful place to grow up in and I have so many good memories. I left Gary and went to College and then enlisted in the Air Force and retired. I think the decline of Gary started with the steel industry going down the drain. Cheaper steel from overseas. We all know the city was built for one reason the steel industry. I never lived in Gary after I left, but visited family members regular. I will always remember my last basketball game. We lost to Lafayette Jeff by one point in the regional, we had a 25 and 1 record. Some of my team mates, Vladamir Gastavich. John More. Koval, Walter Asberry, Gene Nickles. Coach Kyle, Coach Maddox to name a few.

Luckyiam – Germany
August 05, 2010 - 17:31
illenau - waldfriedhof/nervenheilanstallt (cemetery/mentalhospital)

hi, this is a great website!!
everytime when i watch it or show it to a friend, we are astonished !

i wanted to ask you where u get these pictures from?
do u really visited all these countrys and bulidings?

if its so.. and you want to visit germany anytime.. than you may visit "Illenau" ?
-> www.illenauer-waldfriedhof.de/html/bilder.html its a very creepy place, they say there are ghosts on the cemetery and in the building behind the cemetery.. they brought people there to have a "euthanasie - a nice death" they had gaschambers and some f*** up stuff like that

my friends and me saw it incedentally and were amazed about this big building, so we googeled it ..

maybe your're interessted in this too, its near France (strasbourg)

Sry 4 my bad english :/ greetz from germany

Kathy Lyman Moser – Las Vegas NV
August 05, 2010 - 05:35
Gary In Ghost Town!

WOW! I grew up there from 1967-1980 when all the whites bolted outa Gary! We moved to Chesterton and I no alot of my friends moved to Portage and other surronfing towns! Im absolutly speechless over your Photos! I think its shock! I lived in Aetba a small suburb in Gary ..Miller? Theres nothing left at all of my home I grew up in as a child! Its a Slab of concrete and weeds! Ty for sharing those photos! I was looking at them and next thing I knew I was crying! Its just like Life After People! I will never be able to get those images out of my head! Ty so much for reminding me exactly where I Came From!!!! God Bless You! Kathy Lyman-Moser

kathy – poughkeepsie
August 03, 2010 - 07:45
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HI i worked at Hudson River for 20 years and yes its haunted. You can also get in to the tunnels from the main building they are all over the grounds. They go under route 9 to the river what hudson river use to own called the boat house the employees use to go there for lunch or just to enjoy their selfs.

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July 26, 2010 - 08:27
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Publish Me
July 21, 2010 - 19:30
Hey Slyv

Would you be able to fix the Video's section please? cheers.

James G – Atlanta
July 19, 2010 - 23:28
growing up in Gary

My family history starts in Gary. My mother's parents came to Gary from Czechoslovakia when she was two. My Grandfather worked for Armor. My father's family came to Gary before he was born. His father also worked for Armor. My mom's house was on the "states" side of Broadway in Glen Park (Louisiana Street). My father's was on the "presidents" side (Van Buren). They both went to Lew Wallace, got married, moved to Miller and then eventually back to Glen Park. We lived at 40th and Ohio. My brothers and sisters and I all went to Riley, then Bailey then Lew Wallace (except me -- we moved out of Gary before I was in high school).

I remember ALWAYS feeling safe in the world of Gary. My mom would walk us to Broadway and we'd take the bus downtown to Sears. I remember the candy counters at the dowtown Sears store. We'd ride our bikes to Scarsdale pharmacy, the Glen Park Library on Broadway, The Glenn... and on weekends my parents took us to the Beauty Spot (on Broadway) and sometimes -- special occasions -- to San Remos. We'd play at the amusement parks at the Y&W and Kiddie Land, and go to jack Spratz ice cream parlor in miller after having Chinese at Ming Ling.

I remember riding my bike all over gary at as early an age as 5. Only once did I ever get scared when some other neighborhood of kids tried to hijack my bike. Other than that, I'd ride as far west as The Village shopping center and as far east as as the lake villiage.

The 38th street pool and ball park was where we spent our entire summers.

Will never again have a cake as good as the one's that came from the Glen Park Bakery.

st00p3rman – Atlanta, GA
July 19, 2010 - 20:48
Hello

Just wishing luck to all urban explorers.

Paul Norwich – New York, New York
July 06, 2010 - 21:57
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I was born in Gary, Indiana in 1950. My father, was in the Coast Guard and he met my mother in New York during World War II. I had two brothers, Wayne and Mark.

It pleases me to see people remember Gary fondly. Unfortunately, the memories remain. The city doesn't.

In 1964, I starred in West Side Story at Andrean High School. I starred opposite Lois Bogee and the play was a hit and a miss. It was a hit because so many people - Father McKinnon got men to sing who had never sung before. Unfortunately, because Lois was black the city was in an uproar. Imagine! A white boy kissing a black girl! But wasn't that the point of West Side Story?

I will be contacting those of you who have refreshed my memories of my boyhood town. I have nearly completed a a three pronged book that deals with my boyhood in Gary, my education in Fort Worth and my maturation in NYC.

My fondest memories were: Gleason Park Golf (both courses), Slushes at the Dairy Queen, Marquette Park and Oscar Hammond and the ??? playing loud, arrogant rock and roll that the girls danced to and the boys watched and smoked. I remember (seriously) making out at the Dunes theater, Tivoli Tap, my dad's bar The Silver Grill, Andrean High School and much, much more.

For those of you interested. My brother Wayne died at his own hand many years ago. To those of you who remembered him I would appreciate a note.

I'll post more often now that this unique site has been made available to ex-pats like me. Bye Gary. I knew thee well.

Paul Norwich – New York, New York
July 06, 2010 - 21:45
Growing up in Gary

I was born in Gary, Indiana in 1950. My father, was in the Coast Guard and he met my mother in New York during World War II. I had two brothers, Wayne and Mark.

It pleases me to see people remember Gary fondly. Unfortunately, the memories remain. The city doesn't.

In 1964, I starred in West Side Story at Andrean High School. I starred opposite Lois Bogee and the play was a hit and a miss. It was a hit because so many people - Father McKinnon got men to sing who had never sung before. Unfortunately, because Lois was black the city was in an uproar. Imagine! A white boy kissing a black girl! But wasn't that the point of West Side Story?

I will be contacting those of you who have refreshed my memories of my boyhood town. I have nearly completed a a three pronged book that deals with my boyhood in Gary, my education in Fort Worth and my maturation in NYC.

My fondest memories were: Gleason Park Golf (both courses), Slushes at the Dairy Queen, Marquette Park and Oscar Hammond and the ??? playing loud, arrogant rock and roll that the girls danced to and the boys watched and smoked. I remember (seriously) making out at the Dunes theater, Tivoli Tap, my dad's bar The Silver Grill, Andrean High School and much, much more.

For those of you interested. My brother Wayne died at his own hand many years ago. To those of you who remembered him I would appreciate a note.

I'll post more often now that this unique site has been made available to ex-pats like me. Bye Gary. I knew thee well.

Dean – Tyler TX
June 24, 2010 - 00:08
Funny how Gary will never leave you

I grew up in the shadows of Gary in Hobart and East Gary, now known as Lake Station. Iremember going to athletic meets in Gary, shopping at Goldblattes at Christmas with my grandmother, Miller beach and Marquette Park. I moved away in 1980 and moved back to South Bend in 1997. , and back to Texas in 2003. Now I am moving back to Vlparaiso. Every time Gary has drawn me back. I think that at one time it was a beautiful city. Now it is just memories. I have friends that Gary Fireman, my grandfather and Dad both retired from USS.
It's just funny how when ever I go back to Indiana, Gary is a top priority to see for me. I guess it will never leave me.

Denny – Pompano Beach, Fl.
May 26, 2010 - 15:26
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I was born in Gary in 43' At age 5 moved to Creston Iowa, then came back in 58' to attend my senior yr at Lew Wallace (graduated in 61') Does anyone remember the Dick DeWayne Combo? The Hitch Hikers? I was the drummer of both groups. Remember The Redwood Lounge? We playd there for a few yrs too. I love this site. Remember Lido's Drive-In resturant on 51st right east of Broadway? My Uncle owned the place, so I ended up bein the cook Made lot of friends there. Still tryin to figure out the name of the drive-in resturant in Miller We drag raced are cars there on weekends til the cops showed up! It was right before the Y where 12 & 20 seperated Anyone can e-mail me at: JetBlueMusic@aol.com ........... Thanks

Alexander Tetzlaff – South Germany
May 15, 2010 - 16:48
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Totally awesome new pictures Great colors, and a very awesome location. Would love to explore it myself...

Nicolai Bilges – Hannover
May 13, 2010 - 11:42
Impressive pictures

Very nice pictures !
I doesn't know that there are so many abandoned buildings in the world
I will recommend this page

susan – Baltimore
May 04, 2010 - 03:12
Amazing!

I have been searching for abandoned photographs that have soul and feeling...you have managed to capture both! No one seems to understand my fascination with these pictures or why I plan to hang them in my home...must be my Nordic heritage and attraction to all things modern or different. I am so happy that I found this website. I will most certainly be ordering photographs from you.

Ulrich Schramme – Hannover, Germany
April 22, 2010 - 17:02
Great Website

Very impressive and fascinating photographs. I will revisit your site soon.

Myrna – Chicago, IL
March 20, 2010 - 06:20
Gary, Indiana

I was born in Puerto Rico but I grew up in Gary in the 1950's and 1960's. I have the fondest memories of my living there. I attended Holy Trinity School and then Froebel School and lived on 11th and Jackson. Everyone was kind and alwasys spoke to each other. My mother worked in Chicago so the commute took it's toll on her and we moved to Chicago so that she could be closer to her job. I remember riding the South Shore Train and my Godfather would pick me up from the train station on Broadway. All my friends are now in living in different locations, but those of us who stay in touch reminisce about the good times we had while growing up there. It is sad to see the pictures of all the buildings especially the ones of Methodist Church. It was a beautiful church in it's day. I did enjoy seeing the video on Youtube because that was a video of a city that was alive. Thank you so much for the memories!

lulurubidu – Colorado Springs, CO
March 16, 2010 - 06:08
Love your site

In 1990 or so, there was an old, ornate theater along Sheridan Road in Chicago that was going to be demolished and I went in and photographed the insides, a construction worker let me in. It is almost indescribable how beautiful it was in its decay. Your photos somehow capture the grandure of these old buildings in a way that is so bitter sweet. Thank you for your work and your love of these old buildings. Just beautiful.

Bruce M – Westville, In.
March 11, 2010 - 16:40
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I GREW UP BY SOME OF YOU... 44TH AND GEORGIA... RILEY, BAILLY AND LEW WALLACE 1973... DAD TAUGHT IN THE GARY SCHOOL SYSTEM... REMEMBER TIGER THE UMP ON THE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS? GREAT MEMORIES... THEY WILL NEVER DIE... LIKE GARY DID!

massimo
March 11, 2010 - 12:20
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Nice shots i liked all
I suggest to go near Milan to the old "innocenti" car factory, u can find an interesting old factory.
Thank you for your nice amazing work.

Lady Wasteland – Portland, Oregon
February 23, 2010 - 06:13
THe Wasteland of Oregon

Greetings from the wasteland of Oregon. We have been infiltrating abandoned sites here for almost 10 years now. Recently, we've utilized many of these locations - with owner permission, to film our pilot web series, "Lady Wasteland". It's a post-apocalyptic story about a woman searching for the six killers who murdered her best friend. Currently, we're prepping to relaunch the series with 10 new episodes. Please feel free to check out the site and let us know what you think.

www.ladywasteland.com

Also, if you come across any abandoned locations here in Oregon... please let us know.

Thanks,

Wasteland Films LLC

January 25, 2010 - 16:53
urban exploration festival

Good day, I represent the Festival of Youth Culture "Necrourbanism", which will be held in St. Petersburg (Russia) this summer.
The festival will be dedicated the Urban Exploration, and it will take place in unrestored shops former knitting factory "Red Flag", becouse industrial building are suitable event atmosphere, and the factory architectural complex is a unique masterpiece avant-garde architecture of the 20th century.

Festival support the Goethe-Institute and
The State Museum of Urban Sculpture (St. Petersburg)

We would like to present at this festival of photographers from this site.
For example, www.forbidden-places.net
Can somebody help me contact them? Please, answer to ru.carpediem@gmail.com

Best regards, Margo.

Anne Clark – Belgium/UK
January 19, 2010 - 13:38
Your Site!

Wonderful!
So .... inspiring!

peter – hellingly
January 07, 2010 - 01:20
hellingley

hi people im in charge of knocking down hellingly asylum and if people would like to look around i can show you rather than you sneak in after dark as some of the floors are rotten and missing with 5 meter drops which u cant see and can kill just email me at p3terjohn@hotmail.com and we will sort some think out

david – perth australia
January 06, 2010 - 10:18
very impressive

im doing a world tour of things i should do before i die. id appreciate some advice and support from any one willing to lend any.

my email is enpire@live.com

if any one copuld reccomend the most amazing places taht have to be seen and have plots orr scematics that would be most impressive.. also anyone know anything about the tokyo undergound>??

macca
January 05, 2010 - 12:32
Hellingly hospital

Personaly tried to get in the other day, but was collared by security. If anyone can tell me the easiest way to get in without being seen let me know. Do not want to come face to face with the dogs there.

JanBajkerski – Poland
December 26, 2009 - 20:39
Hello

Excellent, interesting and exceptional photographs it is worthwhile spending places here more of time.. Willingly I will peek and I will recommend this side at myself.

Spike – New Zealand
December 20, 2009 - 22:37
Awesome Site

Love your photos, check us out if you get a chance www.slackninja.com

Tim – Missouri USA
December 16, 2009 - 03:23
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I love seeing that at some points in history people actually gave a crap how architecture looked. It pains me to see some of these places fade into oblivion. Why is it that buildings today can't be functional AND pleasing to the eye? Thank you for documenting some epic locations.

Silvia – Germany
December 14, 2009 - 10:17
Great site - want a new project?

Hi, for a week now, since I've found this site, I'm totally fascinated about your photos and the whole project. This is amazing, I love the beauty of these wonderful places. It's like diving into another time... As I was a child, I wanted to go into the ruin of an old mill in Germany near my home town, it's called Hildebrandsche Muehle in Weinheim. Here you can take a look at it, and this is what I can find for information. A crazy story: there is a lot of trouble in town because of the idea to establish a bo*rd*ell*o in a side building of it... Could this mill be of interest to you?
Ah, and I want to say Thank You for sharing all your wonderful art photography with us!!

Tom Ridout – Toronto
December 11, 2009 - 21:47
Great site

I was fascinated by Gary Indiana. Can it be creepier than Detroit? Keep up the great photography.
Cheers

Renato Gaudio
November 22, 2009 - 10:39
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Excellent and fascinating website.
Best compliments for sharing with the visitors the splendid result of your huge work.
Renato Gaudio

Alex – Luxembourg
November 17, 2009 - 18:59
Great site!

Awesome website with excellent photos. Keep going on!

Marc M – Upstate New York
November 17, 2009 - 15:09
Beautiful site

Really beautiful, artistic site. So well done!

I have a site for upstate NY in the US at oabonny.com covering old abandoned buildings in the area.

Bertel – Cremlingen,Deutschland
November 14, 2009 - 19:13
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This site is very fantastic. I love decayed locations.The book is certainly great and very interesting.I would be happy to just watch it all myself, but I haven´t enough time.

Victoria
November 04, 2009 - 00:14
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You know this web site is soooo freekin cool! I love abandoned things, they're amasing!!! But, there is not one thing for canada!!! Why not? I know of atleast, like.... 5 abandoned places off by heart. But, anyways, yeah. cool site, more canada needed.

Ralf – Minden - Germany
November 04, 2009 - 00:04
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hi and hello everyone,

this is a very nice website ...congaratulations. so many "forbidden places" around the world...great.
if you like to see more about - Beelitz Heilstaetten/Germany and Heilstaetten Grabowsee - pls visit my homepage.

thx to all visitors

bw
ralf

Moscow Diggers – Moscow
October 30, 2009 - 03:02
Moscow Diggers

I from Moscow. Your Moscow colleague. I very much liked your site. We, the Moscow underground researchers, have too a resource http://diggers.su and the basic forum http://diggers.su/forum

Kathy – FROM GARY
October 29, 2009 - 16:49
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Hello everyone.....I was looking at the pictures today and reading your comments. It took me on a walk down memory lane. My heart is sick seeing the beautiful Palace Theater. Wow, it was so beautiful and I took would take the bus to the theater or out to Miller Beach when I was 10.
I am from Brunswick like some of you. And I lived on 11th and Porter. I remember playing hide and seek and kick the can. And yes being free to run and play even in the evening. The world is no longer a safe place for children.
Very fond memories of Gary, Ivanhoe Elementary and Edison High School
God Bless, Kathy

mark – chicago, il but in paris un til sept 8th 2009
September 01, 2009 - 18:06
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Oh my god is all I can say! I wish so much to have the chance to be able to explore any part of this.

I am from Chicago, USA and will be in Paris from now until September 7th.

Is there any way you could put me in contact with someone to go down with or tell me some tips if its possible to do it myself? (And safe of course) I know people have trashed some areas and some people get upset with this. I understand. I would go down on a trash clean up expedition if this would be good? Let me know? I am excited by the fact of these tunnels existance!

Thank you so much.

Mark

mobile in paris: 063 16 44 003

Myrthe/Scoop – Netherlands
September 01, 2009 - 11:52
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Very interesting site, great pics, love the prison ones!

trentlaceysunxxp – USA
August 20, 2009 - 23:16
I really liked it. But not bad, it would be to add a few important sections.

I really liked it. But not bad, it would be to add a few important sections.

July 26, 2009 - 20:39
Abandoned mine

Great site!
If you like abandoned mine, I suggest you to look at these amazing place: abandoned mine video and pictures.
Bye bye

JAMIE THE CHEESEMAN!!!! – South Devon,England.
July 25, 2009 - 12:43
URBEXING.............................................I LOVE IT,CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT!!!!

Hi there captain,I hope you're well today.Where's the Boortmeerbeek Maltery in Antwerp?Is it still there or has it been demolished?All I know at this moment in time is there's a small railway station within 200m of the site.Once again we find ourselves raising a glass to all the dereliction in Belgium that feeds our passion...........................................JUST NICE!!!!Go steady fellow urbexing dudes.........................................OVER AND OUT!!!!

bart
July 18, 2009 - 14:17
la crypte

nice site mate !!!

you now la crypte @ Belgium (Brussel)
if you wanne go thear i have the location for you .

i khan give you tis information when you mail me

grtz btw you have my mail ha ! and sorry for my english its so bat !

danejer – australia
July 15, 2009 - 09:26
nice

nice site my friend

love all the effort youve gone to

the photography is amazing

the adventures even better

keep it goin !

susan cave – california
July 08, 2009 - 10:47
i was born in gary

i was born in gary @ a methodist hospital 7 28 1957
my great grandma whalen lived there addie bell whalen
when i was little i always remember hearing a train go by
i was little but it must have been nice, because i had the greatest great grandma in the whole
world i know michael jackson was born i gary too i wonder if @ same hospital
aug 29 1958

jurgen van den bossche – puurs
June 12, 2009 - 20:08
site

a nice site - do not forget to do chateaux noisy... really worth a visit - and you should hurry..

will follow some of your explorations in Belgium.

thanks for the nice experience - took me about an hour this site. if you are sharing locations - i would be interested.

kind regards

jurgen van den bossche

Craig – Glasgow, Scotland
June 02, 2009 - 14:53
Flags

Nice site but when you list all the places you have United Kingdom and then an England flag above it, there are three other countries in the UK: Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Peter – San Francisco
May 27, 2009 - 13:33
I found a photo of a fire at the State Hospital in (about) the 1880s.

I am a photograph collector in San Francisco with an 8 3/4" x 6 3/4" image of firemen, "State Hospital" ladder wagon, hose reels, a ladder going to the top floor, and water being poured into a fourth-floor window. Tha architecture matches the photo at the top of your website.

Does anyone have any pre-1900 photos of San Francisco to trade? I also like Daguerreotype photos.

Peter

(415) 398-7363

Anna – Bottrop,Germany
May 25, 2009 - 23:00
beauty..

Almost beautiful pictures and stories - I really enjoyed exploring your side! I will come back and look for new adventures
Thank you for this..i will keep it in mind..

Regards from a German Urban Explorer
Anna

Meg
May 17, 2009 - 22:59
Salton Sea

I absolutely adore this site, and I find the topic deeply fascinating. If you ever get the chance, make a point to visit Salton Sea in Southern California- it's a true Piece de resistance!

Katie – Virginia, USA
May 05, 2009 - 15:38
Coolest website EVER

I LOVE your website...I will definitely be a frequent visitor. I am completely fascinated by these sorts of images. I am amazed at some of the photos you were able to get! Great job and thanks!

King S. Randle
May 03, 2009 - 13:52
Gary

I lived in Gary and left for the military as soon as I could. I have tons of family in Gary and the only reason I go back is to visit family. I never knew anything good of Gary except family, food, and Dana M. Davis. So much pain so many horrible memories. Oneday I would love to see Gary become a fraction of what it once was. But with so many murders and desertions whose going to change it?

Mike – AZ
May 01, 2009 - 23:37
Garuy 79-85

I used to patrol BlackOak and Gary in early 80 s.The crime was bad and so were the politicians.I remember one night two Gary cops were responding to a call and there car had no floorboard.Thanks Richard Hatcher.
Professor Lanes biik is a goldmine

Transit
April 30, 2009 - 19:40
Stunning photography

I commend you on this extraordinary site. Your photo composition hints at professional avocation. If your photo skills are self taught they are indeed praisworthy!. As a "retired" UrbEx I have thouroughly enjoyed visiting and will return often. Thank you.

Notre premier amour reste dans nos coeurs pour toujours. Nous pouvons rêver de nouveau en regardant de jeunes amants. Vivant et l'amour depuis longtemps, mon ami.

Michelle
April 29, 2009 - 08:27
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This stuff is so amazingg!!!! I have always been interested in old abandoned buildings! I have always wanted to go to one that still has old stuff inside. How do you go to these places? Like isnt there bums nd scarry people in some of the buildings??

Simon – Wellington, New Zealand
March 12, 2009 - 22:01
SAFEA La Louvière

This is a beautiful video. Thanks for taking it. I loved watching it. If you want a thinker who supports your approach you might try Bernard Stiegler en.wikipedia.org at Centre Pompideu. He is best known for his book Technics and Time I here en.wikipedia.org. Read about it at wikipedia, or better still watch the video The ister....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ister_(film).

Bob Davis – Southern California, USA
March 11, 2009 - 07:18
Forbidden places website

I was directed to the section on the Canfranc railway station by a link posted on Trainorders.com, a California-based website used by railway enthusiasts and working railroaders. I've spent about an hour roaming through various "ghost" locations, such as the Locomotive Graveyard in Belgium and the old power plant in Baltimore. It's almost like an adventure movie (Harry Potter exploring Hogwarts comes to mind), and the poster who had a fire door close behind him--that gave me a chill, until I realized that he must have found a way out or he would not be here to post his story. I'm a bit old to do very much exploring, but it's intriguing to read the adventures of others. Some of the folks who post on Trainorders have visited closed facilities, such as the Southern Pacific station in Oakland, CA. I did some exploration there in 1981 when it was still active: up until 1941 there was an elevated station for electric suburban trains above the platform for long-distance trains. The stairway was closed off by a sheet of plywood, which I carefully moved aside. I went upstairs and photographed the long-deserted platforms, then got back downstairs without being spotted. What made them special what that many of the cars that used to stop here were sent to Southern California to work on the Pacific Electric Ry. during World War II, and two of them are preserved in running condition at Orange Empire Ry. Museum in Perris, CA, where I've been a member for many years.
I noted that there are a lot of locations in Belgium. Is that the "headquarters" for Forbidden Places?

eric – adelaide
March 09, 2009 - 07:13
eli's tomb

hello how are you. good work on the site loving all the photos, i just have a quick question about eli's tomb!
i have been through a few of adelaides underground tunnel but have yet failed to stumble across the location of eli'd tomb. i was just wondering if you could email the location or just the area of that tunnel so i can go down there to do some photography. if you could get back to me about it i would muchly appriciate it.
thank you keep up the good work

ellen – FL
February 15, 2009 - 16:59
State Hospital

Have any urban explorers been thru the miles of underground tunnels? Grew up near there. Friends dad worked there. Not an urban legend!

louis – aachen
January 24, 2009 - 15:00
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great webside

and beautiful photos

Sarah~Rose – St Joseph, mi
January 19, 2009 - 19:34
feelings evoked by your pics

I have always been interested in deserted places. The feelings of sadness are overbearing at times. I think about the last time an object was used. ie a coat hanging on a hook. Who hung it there for the last time? What were the thoughts of the people involved? There is a hauntingly beautiful aura in deserted places. Why was this place given up on?
I only wish someone had taken pics of my boarding school before it was torn down. I have seen several old pics & one on photoshop, but no infiltrations of the building that is long gone now. I think they should have to wait until every living person that had contact with a place has passed on before they destroy a building. It is a sin to destroy a person's memories. My school was in Ft. Thomas, Ky. Our Lady of the Highlands Academy for girls.

Thankyou for your pics.

Bruna – Brazil
January 18, 2009 - 18:00
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Great website!

Jessica – Indiana
January 15, 2009 - 16:07
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I love this website. Thanks to all of you who bravely explored these places so homebodies like me could see them! It's bittersweet though and heartbreaking to know many of these amazing places will soon be no more. I particularly enjoy the castle pictures.

Rick Simmons – Ontario Canada
January 07, 2009 - 17:55
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My interest in Hellingly Hospital came through searching family history. My Grandmother from Seaford had a brother who in 1908 was listed as an imbecile and living there. Over the years that thought bothered me. How did people of different mental capacities endure, frightened, bewildered, confused and lonely.
I read some of the comments with interest. In particular those who believe they have experience entities. With so many tormented souls that past from this life while residing there it is to be expected.
Thank goodness that mental health and the understanding and care of those poor souls suffering from mental decease has improved.

Vanessa M Janes
January 06, 2009 - 02:09
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I loved the old insane asylum/hospital pictures..so much history, and leaves so much to the imagination. We can only wonder what it was like back then. I have a friend who was a psych nurse in the early 60's when so much experimenting was done. She can remember all the different patients,the long dark halls with the marble floors, the seclusions rooms, and has many strories to tell. These buildings are a part of all those tales..

Thank you ..would love to see more..

VJ

uXplorer – Horn
January 06, 2009 - 00:29
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Great site with supurb photos.
I'l be back again
good luck
uXplorer ultd.

johan DP – haaltert (b)
January 02, 2009 - 21:56
caserne verviers

merci pour les belles photo's
moi,j'ai fait ici mon service militaire en 1981
j'ai encore beaucoup des photo's de cette caserne!

salutations, jo

Mark – Poland
December 24, 2008 - 10:12
Urbex Poland

Hey there! I am new to the idea of Urbex, but it seems like the need has been in my gut for some time Anyway great website! Lots of good ideas and locations I found something here in Poland, may be worth looking over in detail. For now I have this...
www.youtube.com

Cheers and heads up!

Neullywem – canada
December 19, 2008 - 19:51
Higlieddy

Thak you for the news

Danubia – oiltank kraftwerk klingenberg berlin
December 15, 2008 - 13:29
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at the moment we are looking for interesting spaces for a dance - sound - space performance.
the location is an very important aspect of our symbiotic work.
the theme of german mythology goes perfectly with abandoned industriel spaces.
your pictures and locations are a good source. if anybody know where it is easy to enact such performances,
it would be great to hear. check our website and get in contact with us.

www.e-blo-kend.blogspot.com

J
December 14, 2008 - 12:10
Clabecq

It was beautiful! Thanks for the idea guys

Ruben – Belgium/Leuven
December 10, 2008 - 21:40
checking out

So once in a while I just have to check your site/work... !!
It amazes me everytime again.

larry – kalamazoo michigan usa
November 25, 2008 - 11:42
wow

the australian drains are phenomenal. im actually going on a trip there soonish. if anyone seeing this can give me info, or wants to meet up and see this let me know.
xshhhhx@gmail.com

Lynn Shaw – Belgium
November 20, 2008 - 22:52
Thank you

Just wanted to say thanks for a fantastic presentation last night. I love simple of photography. My greatest passion is light and tone. I was inspired when you explained that you use mostly natural light. I adore all of your pictures and find them very emotive. It must be an honour to be able to photograph something which now no longer exists. I find the beauty of decay illustrated by your photographs absolutely stunning . I would adore the opportunity to be an urban explorer, but alas am a little too old and a mother of two kids!

Thanks again for a wonderful talk and some inspirational photography. LS

MaJude – Alberta, Canada
November 07, 2008 - 16:36
Hello!

You have a terrific site here, and SO many awesome shots!

RG – Near Sydney, Australia
October 06, 2008 - 13:12
Great Site

G'day to everyone out there, i was wondering if there is any Sydney siders out there wholm are still completely active as far as exploration goes? Iam an amuter photographer who would like to have a go at photographig many of these amazing places. (Esp Central stations hidden platform!)
Cheers. RG

contact: got_alfa@hotmail.com

September 20, 2008 - 22:49
lovely

Just wanted to say that your site is beautiful. I'm currently working on a year-long writing project about urban exploration (a focus on subterranean spaces). I'm currently in Berlin. Enough dark crawl-spaces and bunkers and other hidden pockets to keep me happy for years! Soon, though, I go to Paris and would love to touch base with you about people I should seek out there. Check out my website: web.mac.com

Bests,

W

M – Belgium
August 29, 2008 - 11:50
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A beautifull link for people interested in urban exploration : www.abandoned.ru
Mainly moscow region, but russia must be full with this things.

halb-blind – Sachsen Anhalt - germany
August 05, 2008 - 02:26
Hi

Great Site

I Love it.

Visit my Page pls.

JAhNoszh – The Netherlands
July 20, 2008 - 20:48
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Great and large site! Great photography and really interesting locations. The prison serie is very impressive!

Bob Vian
July 16, 2008 - 22:49
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This great idea has been tried out for the first time by "Papalubowski", a group of four young Belgians (1991/1993) . Thousands of photos were made in very insolite locations in Belgium and in France. It would be nice to find them back.

Nick – Indiana
July 15, 2008 - 20:43
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If i have explored and taken pictures at a location, what is the best way to go about getting them on this website? I love that this is here and definitely enjoy looking through all these old buildings and exploring these places. I want to know how i can help add to this site with what exploring I have done and will be doing.

Mike – Florida
July 15, 2008 - 18:59
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Thank You for such a great web site ! I look at the photo's (photo's don't lie) and close my eyes and can see the way it once was, while growing up there, and then open my eyes and realize how destructive people can be, and for what ?
To look at the buildings that once were so beautiful and mighty, reduced to what the pictures show they are now, just totally shocking. Gary Indiana looks like a city that Hitler's storm troopers went through in Europe, but this has happened in many cities in the USA...How could this be ? People that do this are animals, and the pictures don't lie.

rowinmachine – burnley lancashire england
July 01, 2008 - 22:50
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hey,

this is a really fantastic site, its amazing, especially the prison photos.

well done guys, and thanks for sharing.

xx

kent durk – missouri
June 28, 2008 - 05:18
Hello

enjoyed the images you have created and have for us to see from the other side of the world

Come by our site sometime and see forgotten places of missouri in 360

June 11, 2008 - 16:49
photos �gouts - in sewers

Bravo pour vos photos en des lieux aussi difficiles. J'aime les endroits intimistes.
J'ai visité en compagnies de professionnels des tronçons d'egouts à Paris.
C'est dangeureux, sale mais tres interessant.
Faites nous partager encore vos photos de lieux insolites.
cordialement J-M

Robin – China
May 16, 2008 - 02:44
My dear friends

i really appreciate you guys can share this wonderful UE pisc
i am from china.(www.chinauer.com)this ,is a website china's biggest UE online website.
if you woul dlike to know more UE about china,i can show you guys
also we have to learn from you guys a lot
i sincerly hope you guys could come to china one some
.china has a lots of UE site .

Ah 9 – Singapore
May 07, 2008 - 16:32
Nice UE site u have

Im probably the first asian to leave a trace here, just to say "Nice UE work done here!"
Great photos you guys have too
I am just browsing through various foreign sites to learn more for my own group - Singapore Urban Explorers
(we are going to move to a new website in future)

Josh – Canada
May 02, 2008 - 20:04
Amazing Site

Thanks for an amazing website, really enjoyed it.

Marc – Germany
May 02, 2008 - 14:06
wow!

Thank you very much for this impressive picture collection. Beautiful images and an very interesting site.
beauty of decay

April 26, 2008 - 18:07
Great site

Thank you guys for your work you have done! it's really great! there is certain beauty in abandoned places... thank you once again and wish the best to you and your site

Vinny Brannelly – England
April 19, 2008 - 01:19
Pentridge prison

Great photos,Iworked there in early 1990s and was sad to hear of its demise. I suspect however many were ecstatic.

Szada – Poland
April 10, 2008 - 08:52
:)

Verry good web! great foto!
I love urban exploration!

good luck!

nettie – Germany
April 05, 2008 - 21:46
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today i want to make a comment. i love mystery places. i want to go this places if i have time. i love this site. it is very very interessting.
greatings nettie

Steve Brickle – Biarritz, France
March 29, 2008 - 16:20
Chateau Bijou and site in general

I found this site after driving past Bijou and being absolutely gobsmacked by it...I came home and then ended up here via Google. What a truly great site, if there was nothing else on the 'net but this site it would be would be OK!! I love what you are doing and now have more places in the region to go and check out. Many Many thanks for all your efforts